Spotify has expanded its collection of Blend artists to include superstar K-pop acts BTS, Stray Kids, ENHYPEN, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, NMIXX and AB6IX. Blend allows multiple users to combine musical preferences to create custom playlists. It was updated this year to enable customization based on artist.  Users receive a "share card" displaying their "taste-match" scores and the songs that bring them together. The cards can be shared to Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter so stans can show off their matches to other members of the ARMY, Stay, ENGE ..read more

In celebration of Pride Month, the Grammy Museum is officially launching its outdoor Spotlight Saturdays summer concert series with a PEG Records takeover. Featuring performances by Bob the Drag Queen, Manila Luzon and Trinity the Tuck, the Pride event kicks off on 6/18 at 6pm as the first in-person programming on the Museum’s new outdoor rooftop terrace, which will continue to highlight up-and-coming artists across various label takeovers each month.  Originally launched in 2020, previous virtual Spotlight Saturdays concerts have featured Olivia Rodrigo, Conan Gray, Kiana Ledé, Tate McRa ..read more

The RIAA has teamed up with Nashville-based singer/songwriter Brooke Eden to launch the "Music Matters" partnership. Throughout the year, the artist, who recently embraced her LGBTQ+ community, will meet with policymakers and lead events in schools, medical centers, and studios to highlight the ways in which music helps people heal themselves and find self-acceptance.“It’s important to the RIAA to support artists using their voice and their music where it matters most,” said the RIAA's VP of artist and industry relations, Jackie Jones. “By creating this program, our ho ..read more

Even if you’ve been avoiding the news, word has probably reached you of the mass shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, on 5/24 that left at least 21 dead, 19 of them elementary-school children. And you’re probably feeling some combination of apoplexy, despair and exhaustion. Which is entirely understandable. This in the immediate wake of a supermarket shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead. Atop the numbing horror of the act itself and the unimaginable grief inflicted on the families of those gunned down by a man with military-grade weaponry, you may well be feeling—as we do—rage at the protec ..read more

Black Eyed Peas, Nicole Scherzinger, Pitbull, Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, Mod Sun, Julian Lennon, girlfriends, special guest Sting and more will appear at the inaugural Atlantis Concert for Earth, a nonprofit show and global conservation summit. Hosted by Scherzinger, the event—mounted in partnership with the Azores Islands of Portugal—will transpire 7/22-23 inside a volcano crater in Sete Cidades (a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada) and be livestreamed for free via Veeps. The Concert for Earth will also show ..read more

Warner's Zach Bryan continues to generate huge buzz, and now he's shattered a record: His new American Heartbreak album has become the year's most-streamed country album in a single day on both Spotify and Apple Music. The singer/songwriter's 34-track set has amassed north of 1 billion streams so far, and his initial breakout track, "Heading South," is now gold. After a star-making appearance at Stagecoach, huge syncs on Yellowstone and Spotify RADAR honors, Bryan is truly on fire. But he's most likely just getting started. Speaking of escalating temperatures, check out the vid ..read more

Veeps founder/COO Sherry Saeedi, blink-182 frontman Mark Hoppus and veteran manager and Lippman Entertainment partner Nick Lippman have launched Verswire—an intriguing alternative to the record-label model—with Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, who'll serve as a strategic advisor. The team views the venture-capital start-up as a Shark Tank for musicians.  Saeedi, Hoppus and Lippman; photo by Brian Doherty Verswire's plan is to treat artists as entrepreneurs and provide them funding, resources, and mentorship based on their specific needs—whether those be related to ..read more

Black Eyed Peas, Nicole Scherzinger, Pitbull, Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, Mod Sun, Julian Lennon, girlfriends, special guest Sting and more will perform at the inaugural Atlantis Concert for Earth, a nonprofit show and global conservation summit. Hosted by Scherzinger, the event—held in partnership with and from the Azores Islands, Portugal—takes place 7/22-23 from inside a Volcano Crater in Sete Cidades and will be livestreamed for free via Veeps. The event will also showcase solution-driven work from conservationists and organizations globally, including Re ..read more

Ye and XXXTentacion's collaboration, "True Love," will be released on Friday, 5/27 via Columbia. XXX's estate announced the track will appear on Look at Me: The Album, a forthcoming companion album to Hulu's documentary, Look At Me: XXXTentacion. "True Love" plays at the end credits of the Hulu film on the late rapper. The collab also appears on Ye's Donda 2, which is only available at the moment on West's STEM Player device.  The documentary hits Hulu on Thursday, 5/26. More details on the XXX album will be released soon. The embattled rapper emerged as one of So ..read more

Veeps founder/COO Sherry Saeedi, blink-182 frontman Mark Hoppus, and veteran manager and Lippman Entertainment partner Nick Lippman just launched Verswire—an intriguing alternative to the record label model—with Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, who'll serve as a strategic advisor. Essentially, Verswire is a venture capital start-up that its team likens to a Shark Tank for musicians, according to press materials.  Saeedi, Hoppus, and Lippman, photographed by Brian Doherty. Verswire's plan is to treat artists as entrepreneurs and provide them funding, resources, and ..read more